Software Engineer II

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 
 
Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. 

​​Within Azure Data, the Software Engineer II provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data – structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We are in the process of integrating our disparate products into Azure Synapse Analytics with a set of experiences that are meant to simplify and accelerate time to value.   ​ 

​​The SQL team is hiring engineers with experience programming graphics processors (GPUs) to help us accelerate data processing operations.  This requires both systems programming expertise on how to maximize performance when using a GPU as well as understanding how to leverage novel data structures and formats to work well with CPU-based data processing techniques.  This is an opportunity to work on leading-edge technologies with the potential for large impact 

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We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required/Minimum Qualifications 

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

          o OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements 

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: 
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Preferred Qualifications

• ​​Bachelor's or Master's degree with 3 years of work experience building systems software or back-end software in the fields of database systems, operating systems, or other systems fields with a deep hardware focus
• 2+ years of experience with programming GPUs (CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, or similar GPU programming frameworks)
• Deep technical background in algorithms (Big-O complexity analysis).  Deep systems engineering background with an understanding of modern computer memory hierarchies, direct memory access mechanisms, and PCIe devices and related device drivers​ 
• Understanding of database system internals  
• Ability to do performance analysis/improvements on multi-threaded server software
• Experience in building and shipping production grade software or services.
• Results-oriented with a passion for delighting customers with our work
• Ability to work collaboratively, solve programs in groups, and celebrate success as a team​ 

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $120,900 - $198,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Design, code, test, and develop features with good quality, maintainability, and end to end ownership
• Be part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health
• Invest in code health/refactoring efforts to improve our ability to execute on shipping solutions to meet customer needs in a timely manner
• Design and develop highly-efficient code that scales to allow queries to run efficiently over very large data volumes.

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